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Originally Posted by Buck
From everything I heard, the Padres just raped the 'juns and got a solid player out of it. 2 questions. How many years left on Ludwick's contract? Also, I know he had an all star year in 2008 but declined since then. Any way he makes it back to all star form?
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He's not going to hit 37 homers again, but he'll be able to hit 25 consistently, and give you Gold Glove defense.
He's arb eligible after this year, and will be due a huge pay increase. In all likeliehood, you aren't getting him for more than a year, but even then, he'll qualify as a Type A Free Agent, and you'll get a first rounder and a sandwich pick out of him.
So look at it this way:
At the very worst, you traded one possible #5 starter and a guy who will never EVER make it past AA for 1 year and two months of Ryan Ludwick, his salary, and two top 50 draft picks.
You can't win a trade more than you just won one.